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My Christmas wish for everyone 
Dear all,
It is close to Christmas and I want to write my wishes at this time of year, and everyday of the year for that matter.
I wish food and drink for the hungry, a roof for the homeless, good health, prosperity to everyone. Most importantly to all who bear anger of any form, hurt, pain in their heart, may this Christmas wash it all away. I want all this to be replaced by peace, love, forgiveness and happiness.
I would like to say that I have long forgiven those who hurt me this year. Alexander Pope said, to err is human to forgive divine. I quoted this to someone back in June this year. When you forgive you let go of the past, one cannot change the past but it can change the future. Moreover to forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, one receives untold peace and happiness (Robert Muller). We are all human we all err, we all fall especially in our most vulnerable of moments, weak moments. But we learn from those mistakes, learn from the suffering that followed our errs, the pain, anguish and guilt in causing suffering to those involved. It has been a difficult year for me but I have grown and learnt and I can say I love those people I doubted more than ever before. I have learnt to cherish every moment I spend with my dearest ones, family, friends. Everyone is special to me in his or her own way. I have grown stronger, moved on, matured. To those who think I hate them, I do not hate anyone no matter how much pain and hurt they have caused others. But they must move on, start afresh. I bear no hatred nor grudges towards anyone. What happened happened and it is all in the past now never to be repeated again. I have moved away from a horrible time in my life which occurred earlier this year and have no intention to go anywhere back there. Nobody, no one will take me back. Furthermore my word of advice is to be careful who to trust. Trust can take years to build but only seconds to destroy and a long time to rebuild if you are fortunate enough to be granted a second chance. In all of this I want to say, think before you speak, before you confide in anybody, think before you act for actions made on impulse may be regretted for the rest of our lives. I have also learnt not to take anyone, nor anything for that matter, for granted. For only when we lose those precious to us we realise that we cannot live without them, that they played an important and vital role in our lives, that they were always there and now they are gone from us, perhaps even forever.
I have achieved some too this year, I have qualified as Fitness Instructor thanks to the great help and teaching by Celine Fenech Adami and Gillian Grech, made new friends in the process, Leanne, hope you are reading this, Kerstin too, Michael (Hughes), passed two EU exams, and started reading an ACCA degree and successfully passed my first ACCA exam which I have started reading. I feel I have learnt some more on photography, and next year my wishes are to go to South Africa, qualify as personal trainer, work on underwater photography and complete and write more ACCA exams.
All I want for Christmas is peace, love, success, good health and happiness for everyone.
Merry Christmas from my heart.
stef
Dear all,
It is close to Christmas and I want to write my wishes at this time of year, and everyday of the year for that matter.
I wish food and drink for the hungry, a roof for the homeless, good health, prosperity to everyone. Most importantly to all who bear anger of any form, hurt, pain in their heart, may this Christmas wash it all away. I want all this to be replaced by peace, love, forgiveness and happiness.
I would like to say that I have long forgiven those who hurt me this year. Alexander Pope said, to err is human to forgive divine. I quoted this to someone back in June this year. When you forgive you let go of the past, one cannot change the past but it can change the future. Moreover to forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, one receives untold peace and happiness (Robert Muller). We are all human we all err, we all fall especially in our most vulnerable of moments, weak moments. But we learn from those mistakes, learn from the suffering that followed our errs, the pain, anguish and guilt in causing suffering to those involved. It has been a difficult year for me but I have grown and learnt and I can say I love those people I doubted more than ever before. I have learnt to cherish every moment I spend with my dearest ones, family, friends. Everyone is special to me in his or her own way. I have grown stronger, moved on, matured. To those who think I hate them, I do not hate anyone no matter how much pain and hurt they have caused others. But they must move on, start afresh. I bear no hatred nor grudges towards anyone. What happened happened and it is all in the past now never to be repeated again. I have moved away from a horrible time in my life which occurred earlier this year and have no intention to go anywhere back there. Nobody, no one will take me back. Furthermore my word of advice is to be careful who to trust. Trust can take years to build but only seconds to destroy and a long time to rebuild if you are fortunate enough to be granted a second chance. In all of this I want to say, think before you speak, before you confide in anybody, think before you act for actions made on impulse may be regretted for the rest of our lives. I have also learnt not to take anyone, nor anything for that matter, for granted. For only when we lose those precious to us we realise that we cannot live without them, that they played an important and vital role in our lives, that they were always there and now they are gone from us, perhaps even forever.
I have achieved some too this year, I have qualified as Fitness Instructor thanks to the great help and teaching by Celine Fenech Adami and Gillian Grech, made new friends in the process, Leanne, hope you are reading this, Kerstin too, Michael (Hughes), passed two EU exams, and started reading an ACCA degree and successfully passed my first ACCA exam which I have started reading. I feel I have learnt some more on photography, and next year my wishes are to go to South Africa, qualify as personal trainer, work on underwater photography and complete and write more ACCA exams.
All I want for Christmas is peace, love, success, good health and happiness for everyone.
Merry Christmas from my heart.
stef
Saturday 24 Nov 2012
This is my first time posting on a blog. So far I have worked mostly on travel journals so writing about myself is something new. I currently live in Brussels, admittedly not the most adventurous city in the world but for the time being I have to live with it. I crave adventure, wildlife and infinite landscapes, seas.. I dream of travelling full time to countries untouched by pollution, and all the mayhem a city brings along with it. But for now I have to make the best of what the city has to offer. This summer I was taught to always think positive. I try to pursue my dreams, my desires, sometimes difficult to reach but I have learnt that everything happens for a reason and nothing is impossible in life. I am thankful for what I have, my health, my son, my mum and dad, sister and her family, those so very dear and special to me, as I always say without them I am nobody. I must say this year has been a tough year on a personal basis but in truth it has taught me a great deal.
A bit about my childhood. I was born in Malta, St Julians one rainy Boxing Day. Well, yes, I came well before mum's due date and I attribute this to my eagerness in meeting the world. I am not one to sit down and do nothing and as you can see. It seems this part of my personality came out at a very early stage in my life. I was a hyper little girl, I hated dolls, but loved playing with cars. I had my own little adventures too .. we had a big garden, my dad, a keen sportsman, had won a lot of medals. I do not recall any of this but my parents tell me I used to bury my dad's medals in the soil then dad used to find them when he ploughed the garden. I recall it was a big garden, apples, orange, lemon trees, tomatoes, beans, dad was and still is a born gardener. My mother also tells me I actually buried her engagement ring in the soil. Dad found it many months after it went missing but I was way too young to recall all this. Somehow I was always up to something. But in the end we all have our own little stories to relate from childhood.
I spent an enjoyable day today with friends watching sports. I followed the rugby so watched England play South Africa, a good match, great defence from the Springboks and in the end the better team won 16-15, briefly followed British soccer where dad's favourite team Man U beat QPR 3-1, and of course Formula 1 where Lewis Hamilton took his well-deserved pole. Mclaren look to be unbeatable this weekend but all eyes are on Vettel and Alonso.
Goodnight to all. Until the next blog.
A bit about my childhood. I was born in Malta, St Julians one rainy Boxing Day. Well, yes, I came well before mum's due date and I attribute this to my eagerness in meeting the world. I am not one to sit down and do nothing and as you can see. It seems this part of my personality came out at a very early stage in my life. I was a hyper little girl, I hated dolls, but loved playing with cars. I had my own little adventures too .. we had a big garden, my dad, a keen sportsman, had won a lot of medals. I do not recall any of this but my parents tell me I used to bury my dad's medals in the soil then dad used to find them when he ploughed the garden. I recall it was a big garden, apples, orange, lemon trees, tomatoes, beans, dad was and still is a born gardener. My mother also tells me I actually buried her engagement ring in the soil. Dad found it many months after it went missing but I was way too young to recall all this. Somehow I was always up to something. But in the end we all have our own little stories to relate from childhood.
I spent an enjoyable day today with friends watching sports. I followed the rugby so watched England play South Africa, a good match, great defence from the Springboks and in the end the better team won 16-15, briefly followed British soccer where dad's favourite team Man U beat QPR 3-1, and of course Formula 1 where Lewis Hamilton took his well-deserved pole. Mclaren look to be unbeatable this weekend but all eyes are on Vettel and Alonso.
Goodnight to all. Until the next blog.